Writing in The Wire in 2009, David Keenan coined the term "hypnagogic pop" — "pop music refracted through the memory of a memory" — to describe artists like James Ferraro and Oneohtrix Point Never, who channel psychedelic tendencies through cultural memory...

INT. BROOKLYN APARTMENT Empty mugs, books, beer bottles, and cassette tapes cover the coffee table. Polaroids cover one wall. A denim jacket hangs from the doorknob. SAM and ZAK are best friends. They are also members of a dream-noise-punk band called Beach University. They sit on a floral sofa that SAM found at a yard sale, where she also purchased a few Neil Young albums and set of tea cups. They are watching Twin Peaks. SAM has her laptop open, because she has already seen both seasons four times. She squints through her round, oversized glasses. SAM What the shit ...

Welcome to May 2012. Welcome to a world where we’ve just lost Maurice Sendak, where Barack Obama has voiced his support for marriage equality and where most magic of all, the Xcerts have just been announced as support for Guns’n’Roses. With all this in mind, here is the pick of the pack for the upcoming month and a bit…. + Fresh from celebrating their 5th birthday, Cry Parrot have assembled the stellar line-up of James Ferraro and Heatsick to entertain the masses on the 17th June at the Berkeley Suite. Come along and witness the live work of ...

Photo by  Colin Kerrigan In conversation with  SPIN , Ariel Pink revealed some details about his as-yet-untitled upcoming LP with Haunted Graffiti , tentatively scheduled for release in late August via 4AD . The album, recorded in the band's native Los Angeles, has been in the works for the past six months, and is their followup to 2010's  Before Today . Pink told SPIN : Sonically, it's comparable... There are definitely not any links to my lo-fi origins. It's so diverse but so different from anything I've done before. In a sense, it's really the record I wanted to ...

Hippos In Tanks isn’t fucking around. Its latest signee is Triad God, a Vietnam-born, Hong Kong-raised, London-living aritst named Vinh Ngan. An album, according to The Quietus , is due in 2013, but he also has a free mixtape out right now called NXB . The mixtape, which saw release recently via UUU Tapes, features production work by Palmistry. Check it out. James Ferraro calls it “so dangerous.” And… I think he’s singing mostly in Cantonese. Download it here and/or stream below. 古惑仔之人在江湖: • Triad God: www.soundcloud.com/triadgod • UUU Tapes: http://uuutapes.com • Hippos In Tanks: http://hipposintanks ...

BODYGUARD by #BODYGUARD James Ferraro took to soundcloud a couple of days ago to upload an uncharacteristically long (at least of late) piece under his #BODYGUARD moniker, which is a collaboration between him and Teams. His BEBETUNE$ and now his BODYGUARD personas have recently functioned as repositories for some of his more leftfield and r&b-inspired; ideas, yet this still marks a somewhat unexpected turn back towards the longform a la Skaters and some of his early solo material. At the same time though this is still indelibly a piece of his recent post-critical interventions in lifestyle branding, reconfiguring vague action-movie ...

Hype Williams / Gatekeeper / BODYGUARD / White Car The Echoplex; Los Angeles, CA [04-25-2012] by Nathan Shaffer on 04-26-2012 An introduction : You know you’re in for a long night when you step outside for a drink and, immediately, hear the man in the suit jacket, vest, and Burzum shirt ask loudly, in good faith, “I’m not a hipster, am I?” The short answer : Oh, fuck me. +1 : I took my fiancée with me. Although she was unfamiliar with the performing artists, she has a high tolerance, and sincere appreciation, for difficult music. And although she was exhausted, from both work ...

It’s lime-green Kawasaki time! James Ferraro, the most beloved musician on Earth, took to SoundCloud minutes ago to release Rain , a two-track, 23-minute mix/EP/something-or-another by his new band, BODYGUARD (I think they prefer caps, right?), featuring ambient thuds, sampled shouting, deep-deep bass, fleeting beats, and mountainous guitar soloing. “Rain 1” actually sounds like an elongated version of “Sex With AXE™ On,” except without the sexy R&B; vocals. “Rain 2,” in turn, sounds like a shortened version of “Rain 1,” which makes the track also share similarities with “Sex With AXE™ On.” Hear both “Rain” tracks here, and ...

Last night at Los Angeles' Echoplex, Hype Williams , James Ferraro (as Bodyguard ), Gatekeeper , and White Car played the monthly Check Yo Ponytail 2 party. Photos by Erez Avissar . Check out a selection of shots after the jump, then head over to our Facebook page for even more photos .

TONIGHT: IHEARTCOMIX, Media Contender, The Echo and SPIN Present Check Yo Ponytail 2 Hype Williams, Gatekeeper, James Ferraro, White Car @ Echoplex   White Car – Rat Tail Track List: 1. GG Allin – Spoken Word #1 2. Mujava">DJ Mujava – Township Funk 3. Boubonese Qualk – Traffic 4. Die Form – Shaved Girls 5. [...]

Fiona Apple, who is like James Ferraro in almost no way, is set to release a new album, The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do . Listen to the studio version of “Every Single Night,” and look for The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do June 19 on Epic. • Fiona Apple: http://www.fiona-apple.com • Epic: http://www.epicrecords.com

Not to be confused with the NY art supply chain, Sam Flax is an L.A. warp-pop purveyor churning out 80's VHS refractions that fall down the same channels as Ariel Pink and to a lesser extent Jon Maus. Blurring the memory lines between glam and disco then making the neon pink waves of Dire Straits guitar lines float perfectly into place; Flax is a master at tip-of-the-tongue nostalgia. Each song seems like you just can't place the 80's "working hard" movie montage you first heard it in, but before the need to hit Google grabs hold ...

Back in February, James Ferraro’s new band BODYGUARD released the SILICA GEL mixtape . Flamethrower sales went through the roof. Tomorrow, sales will hopefully go through the roof too for single “RAIDEN - BLUE LIGHTS # NZT” (perhaps SILICA GEL ’s most memorable track), which also features B-side “Sex With AXE™ On.” The B-side was recently premiered on Dummy , and so far the reaction has been “gadamn” by SoundCloud user Tokyo Hands. Check it out below: • BODYGUARD: https://twitter.com/#!/BODY_GUARD_ • BODYGUARD: http://hipposintanks.net/bodyguard • James Ferraro: https://twitter.com/#!/JFerraro_zip • James Ferraro: http://tinyurl.com/6v4stfb • James Ferraro: http://hipposintanks ...

"Deranged R&B; Misunderstandings" is right (thanks No Fear Of Pop ); James Ferraro's getting distant on this new Bodyguard single, out digitally on Hippos in Tanks on April 24. facebook / buy  / twitter

Outer Limitz es la nueva propuesta de Hippos In Tanks, el pequeño label de Los Angeles que nos ha presentado a gente como: d’Eon, Games, James Ferraro, Laurel Halo, y muchos más. Échenle una oreja a su nuevo sencillo “I Kontact”.